Fridays used to be ok for me til I started swimming lessons. And Thursday afternoons at 3.15 Nathan has tennis lessons... far out! Wednesday works, because football training is over.

I had some distressing news this morning. Very close friends of mine, that I have known since I was 19, his mum is terminally ill, and only has a couple of months left. She was diagnosed with an agressive form of cervical cancer in April this year, had a complete hysterectomy, and two lots of chemo. When I saw them about 3 weeks ago, he said she was doing well - but when I looked at his wife I kind of got the feeling that it was not the case, and he didn't want to talk about it anymore, so I left it. This morning I heard from his wife, and things aren't good. Its amazing how something like this can pull you back from fretting and stressing about stuff I have no control over anyway, and put a completely different perspective on it. I feel like I have been given a gentle nudge that says "stop stressing - start living!" I think I have just pulled myself out of the hole I was in...